One of the first hacks to ever get widespread public attention occurred on the night of April 27, 1986. Millions of HBO subscribers in the United States were watching the movie The Falcon and the Snowman when their screens suddenly displayed this message: “Captain Midnight” hacked the HBO signal and complained to the world about […]
The U.S. Department of Justice indicted Behzad Mesri, aka Skote Vahshat, on charges of hacking into HBO and stealing Game of Thrones episodes. Following the theft of the unaired episodes, Mesri allegedly attempted to extort HBO for $6 million in Bitcoin. Read More
The hacker behind the major breach of HBO has been identified as 29-year-old Iranian national Behzad Mesri, according to an indictment released on Tuesday by the US attorney’s office in Manhattan. Mesri allegedly infiltrated HBO’s computer network by hacking employee accounts with remote access privileges. Read More
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